Kistiah Surname

910,497th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 292 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Kistiah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kistiah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2821:192,12020,823
India51:153,413,076951,030
England21:27,859,030389,889
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Kistiah (113) may also be a first name.

Kistiah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kistiah Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kistiah is found most in South Africa. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kistiah.

How Common Is The Last Name Kistiah? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 910,497th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,957,349 people. The last name Kistiah is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Kistiah reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Kistiah is also the 881,625th most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 113 people.

This surname is most widespread in South Africa, where it is carried by 282 people, or 1 in 192,120. In South Africa it is mostly found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 74 percent live, Gauteng, where 23 percent live and Free State, where 1 percent live. Apart from South Africa it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Kistiah Last Name Statistics demography

Kistiah earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 44.21% more than the national average, earning R 342,708 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kistijah9348/
Kishtiah938/
Kisthiah931/
Kistia9210/
Kustiah861,677/
Qistiah8613/
Khistia865/
Kistaiya8030/
Kishtyah801/
Kustia77616/
Kestia7717/
Qistia777/
Kistio772/
Cistia772/
Kishtaiya755/
Kushtia71632/
Kishtya7136/
Coistia7120/
Kyostia7114/
Kuistio7112/
Kustyah7110/
Kusthia7110/
Chistia719/
Kishthaiya715/
Koistio712/
Kistios711/
Kistayya6754/
Kaisttea6710/
Kishthya675/
Chishtia672/
Kushthia671/
Kaishtya671/
Kishtayya6347/
Cestia62142/
Kustio6218/
Cistio622/
Kiztio621/
Kishttayya591/
Kyostio573/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kistiah
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